Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010

143 Relevant practitioners

In section 46(1) (interpretation of Part 1) of the 2007 Act—

(a) in the definition of “inadequate professional services”, after paragraph (a)(v) insert—

“(vi) a registered European or foreign lawyer, professional services that are in any respect not of the quality which could reasonably be expected of a competent lawyer of that type;”,

(b) in the definition of “practitioner”, after paragraph (g) insert—

“(h) a registered European or foreign lawyer, whether or not registered at that time and notwithstanding that subsequent to that time the lawyer’s registration has ceased to have effect or the lawyer has stopped practising;”,

(c) after the definition of “practitioner” insert—

• ““registered European or foreign lawyer” is to be construed in accordance with section 65(1) of the 1980 Act;”,

(d) in the definition of “relevant professional organisation”, after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) a registered European or foreign lawyer, the Council;”,

(e) in the definition of “unsatisfactory professional conduct”, after paragraph (d) insert—

“(e) a registered European or foreign lawyer, conduct that is not of the standard which could reasonably be expected of a competent and reputable lawyer of that type;”.